Last summer liberal Zionists heralded the newest Labor leader in Israel, Avi Gabbay, as a dynamic Mizrahi who might revive the party. Ehud Barak called Gabbay’s selection a “revolution,” and the New York Times said the self-made millionaire represented “electrifying” “liberal forces” in opposition to conservative Likud. Gabbay had brought a “new spirit” to the party, the […]